The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice

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The world of the La Tene Celtic warrior and the threat of the Roman Empire.

Series exploring the Celts looks at the golden age of the La Tene Celtic warrior. But by the middle of the first century BC, the Celts were under threat from the Roman Empire.

In episode two, we discover the golden age of the La Tene Celtic warrior and reveal how their world extended as far as central Turkey. But by the middle of the first century BC, the Celts were under threat from an expanding Roman Empire, and the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix would challenge Julius Caesar in an epic battle that would shape the future of Europe.

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Anthropologist Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver go in search of the Celts.

Documentary series in which anthropologist Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver go in search of the Celts - one of the world's most mysterious ancient civilisations.

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